About this artwork
The Rhinegold is the first of four operas that form Richard Wagner’s operatic cycle Ring of the Nibelung. In this interpretation of the opera’s first scene, three Rhine maidens gracefully dive through the water’s currents as they protect their treasure, the gold of the River Rhine. The figure of Alberich, who greedily schemes to steal the Rhine gold, appears ominously in the lower-left corner of the composition.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Henri Fantin-Latour
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Title
- First Scene of The Rhinegold
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1876
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Medium
- Lithograph in black with scraping on stone on grayish-ivory china paper laid down on thick cream wove paper
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Dimensions
- Image: 51.2 × 33.5 cm (20 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Primary support: 51.2 × 33.5 cm (20 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 69.7 × 49.8 cm (27 1/2 × 19 5/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- The Charles Deering Collection
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Reference Number
- 1927.2938
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/44013/manifest.json